A Taiwan-Japan joint fishery committee will meet in Tokyo this week to discuss fishing arrangements in waters off the Senkaku Islands. Administered by Japan, the isles are claimed by both China and Taiwan. Chou Shyue-yow, deputy director general of the ministry’s Department of East ...

China’s creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea is happening so fast that Beijing will be able to extend the range of its navy, air force, coast guard and fishing fleets before long, much to the alarm of rival claimants to the ...

The Cabinet is requesting record-high defense spending in the fiscal 2015 budget as hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to strengthen surveillance of territorial waters amid the ongoing Senkaku Islands dispute with China. Abe and his team are seeking ¥4.98 trillion, the third year ...

Japan and China resumed talks Monday on launching a maritime crisis management mechanism by the end of this year, as both countries aim to avert unwanted clashes over the Senkaku Islands. The working-level talks in Tokyo, held for the first time since 2012, came ...

Japan should take its disagreements with China over the Senkaku Islands to the International Court of Justice, Jerome Cohen, a New York University law professor and expert in Chinese law, said in an interview. “I want Japan to use international law,” Cohen said, stressing ...

Japan and China have agreed to resume talks as early as next week on establishing a mechanism this year to handle maritime crises, several Japanese sources said Tuesday. Preparations are underway for working-level talks in Tokyo, possibly on Tuesday, the government sources said. They ...

The two countries agreed to avoid discussing their claims to the islets, according to newly released documents on a 1982 conversation between Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Three Chinese coast guard ships intruded into territorial waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for about two hours Tuesday, the Japan Coast Guard said. Chinese coast guard vessels last entered Japanese territorial waters on Dec. 23. Chinese government ships ...